Born in the Streets: Violence, Gangsterism and Power in Gangs of New York

dc.contributor.author	Font, Carme
dc.date.accessioned	2016-07-15T08:35:24Z
dc.date.available	2016-07-15T08:35:24Z
dc.date.issued	2008
dc.identifier.citation	AEDEAN 2008, 31: 209-215 ISBN-978-84-9749-278-2
dc.identifier.isbn	978-84-9749-278-2
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2183/17036
dc.description.abstract	[Abstract] When in 1928 Herbert Asbury published his acclaimed book Gangs of New York, he presented a panoramic and retrospective view of the most significant gangs that prowled the Five Point’s area. His gangsters were villains of the past who had no influence in the present. However, in Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York gangsters such as Bill the Butcher seem to have certain continuity into the present. This paper explores the role violence and power play in the foundation of modern New York according to Scorsese and Asbury in their respective versions of Gangs of New York.
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Universidade da Coruña
dc.title	Born in the Streets: Violence, Gangsterism and Power in Gangs of New York
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dc.rights.access	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess